Hello, my name is James I was born in a small town in Missouri, I am number 10 of 11 children. I attended both elementary and High School in Rich Hill MO, leaving high school just prior to my 18th birthday to join the Army. I completed my education through the Army's continuing education program, graduating the same year as my senior class. I was married (the first time) at 18 and have 2 daughters. One 38, lives in Colorado, the other 36, lives in Oklahoma.

I’ve been interested in a home based business and being my own boss for several years, heart surgery in 2014 left me unable to word for some time and renewed those desires. This is an update to my profile here at WA. I actually joined this community in Oct 2015, wish now I had found WA several years ago.

Anyway, I am still struggling a little finding my perfect niche. I was too busy working for 40 years to develop any hobbies or special interest. And yes, I know how sad that is. I’ve tried the boot-camp course and last time I checked the only traffic to my site was reviews by WA members. I am confident that at some point, something will click and I will start moving forward.

I had to give in and take a part time job and have less time now to spend on my sites, but will continue to build them as time and energy permits.

Hello James, Nice meeting you here. Hope WA is serving you well. It's definitely the place to be to build a real, honest, online business. Stay focused and be patient and the sky is the limit. I'm now following you.

Hi, James. Thank you for the follow. I have followed you back. Picking a niche would be easy if you will base it on your personal experience and your passion in life. You could easily find the words to write and talk about it. Hope this suggestion of mine has helped you in finding the right niche that you could work on. Wish you every success in your online business journey!
Adel :)

Thanks for the follow and following you too now! Been so busy tying up loose ends on many different sites plus working my "regular" job, but going to start real marketing soon. Looking forward to connecting more and sharing experiences.

Hello James. I saw you wanted to start a site on American History. My husband was a history major and would love to write about history. It is nearly impossible to find a job in the field so he has done many other things since leaving the Marine Corp including working for our Alaska Railroad and now for the Troopers. I am encouraging him to start a site through WA so he can start to write there. He was a very good writer in college so I think he would do well.

How are you doing? I was moved by your story and wiliness of helping other!!!! I am part of a business that helps out people and I think with your motivation of helping people this will work out for you!!! It is called Kyani and is a health product!! Our mission is to save one million lives by 2018 and I think we share the same goal. PLEASE contact me for more information.

Congratulations - there are many ways to create an income and people these days must learn to have multiple streams of income and I think this medium is a great start for anyone - I have worked in and out of the States for many years and there are lots of opportunities but for the moment stick with this, do the groundwork and once you have mastered this you may not want to do anything else but just know that the opportunities are all out there and they usually come along when we are at out lowest point and we miss them because we are not really looking for them preferring to worry about the past. We cannot change history so one must learn to look ahead and strive towards the goal without a backward glance
Stay positive

Welcome to WA. My plan was to do only this for a living, but was a little late in finding WA, so had to take a job. It's only part time for now and will never be enough to pay the bills, so will stick with this also. Have a wonderful day.

Hey Oldokie!
First and foremost, thank you for following me! I appreciate it! Also, I wanted to share my first WA blog with you! If you haven't already read it, please check it out at your leisure. I think you may get a kick out of it! Thanks ~ Eva :-)

Thanks for the follow. Good luck to you here and I hope the best for your future endeavor. I've just been off work for 8 weeks taking care of my husband who just had open-heart surgery. I do have a job to go back to, but man...two months with no paycheck is hurting right now. You can and will do this. People need you! Rock on, man, rock on! Peace.

James, thanks for the follow; and I am following you as well. It sounds like you just discovered a perfect niche to work on. I am sure many out there could use some of your experiences. I look forward to seeing you around at WA and view your web sites in the future. Best regards,
Fred

Hello James, Thank you very much for following me! Yep I'm a newbie :)yay!! All support are welcome and I'm looking forward to learning, achieving my highest goals, becoming friends and commerce and of course, making sum money:)! I will be following you as well.
Many Blessings in the 2016 -BraveOne

Hello James thanks for following it's good to meet you here in WA and welcome you into my network WA is the perfect community to learn about internet marketing, wishing you all the best in your ventures.

I totally get your goal! I became the "conditon" that is not isurable longterm. I am grateful for I had it through my husband but not my work at the time. This seems like the perfect place to meet that goal!
I feel if we build sites that help others and we are "authentic" on our websites/blogs people will see that:-)
Best Wishes for your goals in 2016!

Hello Oldokie...link people to my genetic nutrition will help to prevent heart attacks and if they take calcium and magnesium citrate supplements they will prevent 50% heart ache...the other 50% depends on blood type. Trust you are recovering well and if you send me your blood type info, I will give you some tips. All the best Chabad

Good morning, nice to meet you. I am of course on heart med's now but am willing to try all things. Blood is O+. Welcome to Wealthy Affiliate, I have an idea I know what your niche will be. Let me know when your sites is up and I will give it a look. Have a wonderful and productive day.

Hello ... the blood type O is acidic, so there are certain foods that create high acid levels not suitable to your DNA...wheat, dairy and fast foods. Try eliminating these for one month and feel the difference...plus extra calcium and magnesium citrate supplement.

Your are welcome. I lost a sister in a vehicle crash in 1987. The rest of us are doing reasonably well, time is beginning to catch up with all of us. The youngest is 56, the oldest 72. Have a wonderful and productive day.

I hope this is not too political for WA, but really--how does one of the world's wealthiest nations have such a ghastly health system? From a non-American perspective, this is cruel and absurd. All I can say is that I am glad my precious eldest daughter, who has 'terminal' breast cancer, is being treated in London at one of the world's best cancer hospitals, FREE under the NHS, to which she is entitled as both her husband and father were born in London, so she has a EU passport. I weep for the people I hear about in America going broke because their health has failed. It is simply not right.

I was ok with the health care I received, it was the support post surgery that is seriously lacking. Maybe we can help someone else not find themselves in that situation. Have a wonderful and productive day.

Hello James,
I just wish to say thank you for the follow and to let you know that I am following you back! Your aspirations are truly noble and for all the criteria required when embracing the "pay it forward" principle.
May all your endeavours and helping others culminate in success.
Kind regards,
Arthur.

Wow that is so awesome I can kind of relate I have been an independent contractor for 15 years of my life and know exactly what you mean about having nothing to show for it. Your goal is admirable and I truly believe that you will be successful at it. When we have a passion for something it is so easy to sell it! You will do great!

Wow that is quite a story James I think the best kind of insurance now day is just to take care of yourself by exercising, eating a healthy diet and supplementing and maybe meditation for stress but I wish you the best of luck because because you can't really depend on Obamacare and I think your idea is great maybe you can get Gates or Buffet to partner on. Dream Big my friend!

I agree, I've had a lot of years of bad habits to recover from. Pizza, the only problem I have with pizza is putting it down. I've applied for and received my Veteran benefits now. The veteran's hospital in Oklahoma City is excellent. Gates or Buffet, that would be great wouldn't it. Have a wonderful and productive day.

Thank you James and there even is healthy Pizza out there but you have to make it @ home and use healthy ingredients no white flour. It takes extra time and a lot of people would just rather have someone else make it. Good luck!

Hi James. Thanks for the follow. I had similar problems after a cancer diagnosis. I was out of action for 3 years. Im fighting fit again now but i know its a struggle finding the help financially when you are unable to work and your information will be invaluable to others. I hope you are feeling much stronger again now. Julie.

James, sorry to hear of your struggles, but it is the struggles in life that make us stronger. WA has the tools that can make us a good income on a regular basis. Am looking forward to establishing such an income and hope you do the same. Great to meet you!

I like your style and courage. I live in England where we have the great NHS and don't often realise how lucky we are here, apart from the weather of course! But you should follow your gut instinct and your heart felt mission and with determination, you will succeed. God Bless you!

Welcome to Wealthy Affiliate. That is a very compelling story. Hope all is going well for you now. This is a wonderful place to learn a new skill and build a business that will prevent the kind of issues we have faced in the past. Stay in touch and post you site so i can give it a look when your ready. Have a wonderful and productive day.

My husband is an electrician. He cut off part of his finger at a side job, in 2013, went to the ER, they reattached it and told him it might not hold. He works for a temporary agency so he had no medical benefits or sick days. It was on his dominant hand. His finger began to decompose. But because we had no insurance we couldn't find a doctor that would do the surgery to amputate his finger. When we were no longer able to afford to see the specialist who finally agreed to see him at $250 per visit; we were forced to go to the ER for antibiotics and pain meds. I had been out of work for 3 months; so everyday since the accident, I'd get up at 4am to clean his wound and put new bandages on his decomposing finger and off to work he went. Until one morning 3 weeks in. He decided he would let me sleep and bandaged his own finger. Sure enough; the bandage fell off at work exposing his zombie finger. He was sent home. His temporary status also meant no FMLA and no unemployment benefits. He also did not qualify for disability because you have to wait a year. We had already been struggling due to my joblessness and due to 3 surgeries our youngest daughter had the previous year. I called our home lender and explained our situation. I told the man on the other side of the phone that we were going through rough times and that I needed to ask for a loan modification, because we would not be able to make payments on our home. I told him it was only a technicality to buy us time until we were back on track. I told him as soon as our situation changed we would make as many double payments to get us up to date. I sent him all the paperwork needed and focused every fiber on my faith. I was determined that this would not end us. We lived on the bare minimum on my $275/wk unemployment benefits. We went to a food bank. It's amazing what a simple act of kindness can do for a person. We applied for Obamacare, but their waiting list was unreal. Shortly after I got a job. I hated it, but it was good money and we finally had benefits. I kept up with my end of the bargain and began to make payments to our home and every week spoke with my representative on the modification. Three months later, my benefits kicked in. That same day the Obamacare people called to say we qualified for benefits. Sure would have saved us lots of money, if only they'd called months earlier. Thanks to my insurance, my husband was able to have the amputation 4 days later and was soon able to go back to work. I called my guy at the mortgage company and thanked him for his help and let him know he could stop the modification process. Then we had to deal with the mountain of medical bills. A portion of the surgery had to be paid up front due to our large deductible. The hospital bills totaled $14,000. I negotiated them down to $7000 and steadily paid off every penny. It took us a year. Our credit took a hit too; but thankfully we are in a better position than where we started. I look back and remember the overwhelming feeling of peace and determination we maintained. We were in a cage, and the fight was on. Fear and doubt were not options. We looked them both straight in the eye; they saw Who was with us, and ran.

We know Who we believe in. His word says if He takes care of the little birds, He will take care of me.

God loves us all. We matter to Him. He sends angels to take care of us. That's why we have to show we are grateful for His mercy every chance we get and do onto others and pay it forward to the extent that we can.

Oh boy - love your testimony and you are right God is there to help those who put their faith and trust in him - I had a baby in the back of the car many years ago while driving across the desert from Sydney to Perth when there was no road - just a dirt track really, and still over 1500 miles from my destination. Can't tell you all the things that happened to me that others do not understand BUT I do. We made headline news but to this day no one can find the 'people' (angels) that were there to help me. There was even a triple certified nursing sister living out there who left her husband 3 months after I had the baby so stick to your faith - it will ALWAYS get you through and pray for the founders of this program -

Hi Oldokie,
I want to believe you have taken the right decision by looking for something that won't be too stressful after your heart operation
if properly done and still scale up and make enough money to take care of all your needs over time.

You can work it out at your own time with consistence and determination to make a success of it over time.
You need to be alert and be willing to learn from others all the way up.

The beauty of WA is that it has grown a community that has the mindset of helping each other the way up.

There are also some mechanism that make one to grow continuously building one's business besides the online entreprenuer and affiliate bootcamp. So, make it a habit to take a peep at the weekly training/webinar. It has a lot of rich stuff that are helpful.

I would suggest you study and take action on the two mentioned above diligently.
Before you are through with those two while asking for help every moment of the way, you must have gained enough expertise and become confident to start making money online.

Hello Chedly! Welcome to WA. If you are looking for a community where members are willing to help each other out you have landed in the right place. Follow the lessons and ask plenty of questions and you will be up and running in no time. Have a wonderful and productive day.

James, First of all welcome to WA. Despite the hardships you have encountered in your life, you still made the wise decision to upgrade to Premium Member. Congratulations! What I foresee in your future great things coming your way because of some misfortunes you have had. Through it all you still have a bright future through WA. Much success on your journey.

Good morning, And your welcome. I'm still a newbie myself. But my best advice would be to follow the lessons, ask questions and learn how to move around the community. Watch for training under members profiles. The members have a wealth of experience and are very willing to share they're knowledge. Make sure you start with the right course. Bootcamp is for promoting WA, Take the Get Started (green Button) course if you already have a niche. Welcome and Best wishes to you and yours. Have a wonderful and very productive day.

Your welcome. Pay close attention in your first couple of lessons. Kyle explains how to move through the community. I started the entrepreneur course today and learned a few things I missed the first time. Have a good evening.

Hello James! I was using Chrome! I did have to poke around a bit to find the comment feature on your site. It was not evident from the stream of information. I have to say I'm not sure now how I did find it. I believe it was by going through other comments and finding a link to add my comment to that comment stream.

That helps a lot. I was just surprised that you had found comments. I keep working on it. I've done something wrong in the set-up. I just wanted to eliminate the browser as a suspect. Thank you so much for you time.

I know exactly what your are saying been there. I didn't have a heart attack I caught it in time but still had to have open heart surgery double bypass at 39 years old. I have a job but couldn't afford insurance but now you have to so this taps into more of my earned money. I missed nearly 10 weeks worth of work. The hospital actually took car of most of it I am very grateful and blessed. I still had doctors fees and miscellaneous other charges. I just wanted to say its awesome what you are doing.

Thank you so much. 39 seems pretty young for bypass surgery, hope all is going well now. My research is making me wonder how much need there is for an organization like I have in mind. I might have been in more of a unique situation than I thought. Not qualifying for any kind of assistance for even a short period of time is rare. On the other hand, if there's only one person or family I could help, I would be ok with that. Have a wonderful and productive day.

Hi James, thanks for the follow I have done the same. I too have been in that situation and am so happy to see someone doing something about it!!! If there is anything I can do to help please let me know!!!

Hi James. It sounds like you had quite the rough patch! I have also had a few surgeries over the past 10 years or so. I'm lucky enough that I live in Canada, with much better health care - no costs for hospital stays. I've been through the whole disability thing too...
I love your long term goals. It sounds like a very good fit for you. I wish you well!

Hi James, thanks for following. I can relate to your issues, I had open heart surgery on 2th May this year. Also with no medical, insurance etc. but I am fortunate to still work, although a lot of it is from home.
All the best James, hang in there and look after your heart health.

Hi James,
Thanks for the follow. Read your post on scams history - found it interesting and I like the way you injected humour in your articles. Tweeted it and shared on FB:) Oh yes, hope you don't mind but just want to point out a spelling mistake in your post "I recently read an article titled “11 Tips Too Cope with A Job You Hate” - the word "too".

James , thanks for following me . Have been going thru your sites and journey so far , you sound just like me- same place in life.
Really like your direction , any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Been in WA for just over a week now, started Bootcamp two days ago.

Welcome, and if we have anything in common, I believe we have finally found our place in life. We need to take advantage of the experience here while offering our own as best we can. Have a wonderful and productive day.

Hi Oldokie, Welcome to WA. I am sure you will like it here. There is only one 'problem'. You have to be focussed. However, the community here will help you with that. Thanks for following me. I am right behind too.
Wishing you all the best in your ventures.